Who's playing today?

England game this week i think..

[rquote=2510495&tid=133229&author=andyman]Who's playing today?

England game this week i think..[/rquote]

JP trophy today

****ing International break....no doubt we're going to lose about 10 players before the 12th.

[rquote=2510507&tid=133229&author=Nathan]Lee Carsley is set to seal a move to Liverpool.[/rquote]

At least make these realistic

:tongue:

tis true..you heard it here first

:conf:Lee who?

Arab Ali wants to buy Liverpool, the club is the biggest in the world with fans all over the world..

No one wants to buy that shithole

Croatia FA chiefs have cried conspiracy over Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric's broken leg injury suffered against Birmingham City.

Croatia FA president Vlatko Markovic made the shocking allegation in the wake of Tottenham's Modric suffering a broken leg at the weekend.

"What's happening to us is terrible," Markovic told the Daily Mail. "I don't know whether somebody has got something against us. Modric is our most important player and we are very depleted without him in our side.

"Right now I think that somebody has done it intentionally."

The Tottenham star misses England's World Cup qualifier against Croatia tomorrow week as a result of the injury caused by Lee Bowyer's challenge.

Markovic added: "Last year they injured Eduardo and now it is Modric. At the end of the day I can only ask myself whether it is a coincidence or not."

Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has backed Bulgaria teammate Martin Petrov to quit Manchester City for Tottenham.

Petrov spent last night in a London hotel and his move to Spurs was backed by Manchester United forward Berbatov, his Bulgaria team-mate.

"I hope Martin goes to Spurs," said the ex-Tottenham star.

"He does not deserve such a relationship with Manchester City and Spurs are a bigger club than City."

Manchester City are launching a shock bid for Tottenham winger David Bentley.

The Daily Mail says Bentley is set to be handed the golden ticket of a move to Manchester City, who last night closed in on a swap deal with Tottenham involving Bulgaria winger Martin Petrov.

The initial deal for Bentley will be a long-term loan, but it presents the chance for him to restart his career after a dismal 13-month spell at Spurs, who are also signing Niko Kranjcar from Portsmouth for a cut-price £2million.

If the Bentley deal can be completed before today’s 5pm deadline — and both managers want the deal to happen — then he will be reunited with Mark Hughes, the boss behind his most productive spell at Blackburn.

England youth winger Alex Henshall is a target for Everton.

The Daily Mirror says Everton boss David Moyes has set up a surprise swoop for Henshall - as well as plotting new faces for his first team.

Moyes is in the lead to land the 16-year-old sensation from Swindon. Henshall dazzled in the recent prestigious Milk Cup tournament in Ireland and shone against the Goodison kids in one game.

Left winger Henshall, who has broken into the England ranks despite playing for a lower league outfit, has also been hunted by Manchester United and Chelsea.

But Everton have moved in first and hope that Henshall signs this week, with the fee to be decided by a compensation tribunal panel.

Robinho may struggle for regular action at Manchester City this season.

The Daily Mail says dropped for the game at Portsmouth on Sunday after a poor showing at Crystal Palace in the Carling Cup, Robinho was replaced by the energy and endeavour of Craig Bellamy. It was the right choice.

Such is the size of City's squad now - and it will get bigger in January - it is feasible that Robinho could be used as an impact player; the right player for the right game. Certainly he will start against Arsenal a week on Saturday.

By all accounts his attitude this season has been much improved, due in no small part to the sale of soul-mate and anti-Hughes agitator Elano. He has also gone on record as saying that he will thrive this term now that the spotlight is not only on him.

If he really means that than Hughes could get the best out of him. It does, however, seem rather unlikely that a world star Robinho will revel in the role of bit-part player.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce hopes to offload no less than NINE players today!

The Daily Mail says Portsmouth are interested in Nyron Nosworthy, while Danny Collins is poised to join Stoke for £3.5m.

David Healy’s loan move to Coventry hit a hitch, the player wanting a permanent deal. Carlos Edwards and Grant Leadbitter are set to join Ipswich for a combined £2.8m — rising to £4m.

Phil Bardsley, Daryl Murphy and Roy O’Donovan have been the subject of enquiries.

Birmingham expect to land Teemu Tainio.

West Ham United hope to close an agreement for Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh today.

The Daily Mail says West Ham are racing to snap up highly-rated Bordeaux forward Chamakh.

Clever negotiating by chief executive Scott Duxbury means a cut-price downpayment will secure the deal, but first West Ham have to sell.

Birmingham City are favourites to land free agent Peter Lovenkrands.

The Daily Mail says Lovenkrands, 29, who has experience playing under Birmingham boss Alex McLeish at Rangers, is a free agent after leaving Newcastle United at the end of last season.

Newcastle are keen to re-sign the Danish international but Birmingham are now the favourites for his signature.

During his time in Scotland, Lovenkrands won two SPL titles, three Scottish League Cups and one Scottish Cup.

He also played in the Rangers side that reached the last 16 of the Champions League.

BBC Sport have the rolling vidiprinter now for transfers

RANGERS were last night on the verge of completing a season-long loan deal for the experienced Paris Saint-Germain winger, Jerome Rothen.

Martin Bain, the Rangers chief executive, and the manager, Walter Smith moved quickly to open negotiations with the 31-year-old France internationalist after his proposed transfer to Schalke ’04 collapsed well into the final 24 hours of the transfer window.

The Herald understands that Celtic – Rothen had been offered to them too by his representatives – are also working hard to strengthen their squad before tonight’s 5pm deadline. Tony Mowbray did not fly to Canada with the team for their midweek *friendly against Benfica in Toronto and was instead exploring various signing options with his chief executive, Peter Lawwell.

If successful, Chris Killen will be allowed to join either Swansea City or Doncaster Rovers on loan. The Herald understands that Darren O’Dea will be offered a three-year contract extension and will reluctantly be allowed to join either Reading or Ipswich Town on a *season-long loan to satisfy the Republic of Ireland inter*nationalist’s craving for regular first-team football.

Rangers’ first piece of transfer activity this summer was the most significant and unexpected development ahead of this afternoon’s transfer window’s closure. He had been watched closely by Ran*gers in the Emirates Cup where the sides met last month.

Rothen had been *ostracised from the first team squad by the PSG manager, Toni Kom*bouare, after publicly criticis*ing the club. He had been linked with a £2m move to Blackburn Rovers and Saint-Etienne but Schalke ’04 emerged as favourites to sign him over the weekend. They pulled out a deal because of a lack of funds after a move for their full-back Rafinha to *Bayern Munich fell through.

Rothen is expected to fly to Glasgow today to undergo a medical and complete the terms of the loan arrangement. He played alongside the former Rangers striker, Dado Prso, in the 2004 final for Monaco, which they lost 3-0 to Jose Mourinho’s Porto in the AufSchalke Arena. He has won 26 caps for France and is a dead-ball specialist.

The signing of Rothen is the first piece of business conducted by Bain since the chairman, Sir David Murray, stood down.

His arrival is almost certain to spell the end for DaMarcus Beasley. The American has been told he will not be a prominent part of the title defence and is keen to leave to ensure his readiness for next year’s World Cup. His agent, Lyle Yorks, has cultivated interest from Spain, Greece and the Nether*lands but, as yet, Rangers have not received any firm offers. Olympiakos had been linked with a move after failing in their attempts to sign Morten Gamst Pedersen from Blackburn but the transfer window in Greece closed last night without Beasley moving. FC Twente, managed by the former England coach, Steve McClaren, are understood to be considering a move for the former PSV Eindhoven man.

The Herald understands Rangers had pondered a loan move for Real Madrid’s Dutch under-21 winger, Royston Drenthe, but were frightened off by his salary demands. Reports that they had been offered the Arsenal wunderkind, Jack Wilshere, are also wide of the mark.

0839: Is it just me, or is the gap between the Big Four and the rest of the Premier League closing all the time? I mean obviously Man City/Tottenham/Villa/Everton etc have aspirations to get into that top four, but with clubs like Sunderland and Stoke really strengthening over the summer, is the top flight changing shape before our very eyes?

0835: A deal which is 99.9% certain to go through today is that of Manchester City defender Richard Dunne to Aston Villa for a fee of about £5m. Keeping watching this space.

0841: One you may have missed: Real Mallorca signed Borja Valero on loan last night - the Balearic Island side sold him to the Baggies for £4.7m a year ago.

0848: Middlesbrough have been linked with a few forwards recently, most amusingly perhaps with a £4.5m bid for Forest's Robbie Earnshaw last week. But now they are being linked with a striker at the other end of Brian Clough Way in the shape of Derby's Rob Hulse, reportedly tabling a £3.5m bid. Boro are expected to sell the misfiring Brazilian Afonso Alves to Qatari side Al-Sadd for about £7m today.

0851: Sky sources are claiming Aston Villa left-back Nicky Shorey is on his way to Fratton Park for a medical with Portsmouth after they agreed a fee for his services. Makes sense after Villa signed Stephen Warnock last week. Has a squad ever changed so much inside a week as Pompey's?

From Kyle Servera, Falkirk, via text on 81111: "The big transfer news in Scotland today is that PSG winger and French international Jerome Rothen is apparently heading to Rangers on a season-long loan deal after his move to Schalke fell through. Here's hoping..."

Thanks for the news sir Andy, knight of the brotherhood :thumbs:

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0925: Although deadline day passed in Spain at midnight, I believe they are allowed to sell players to Premier League clubs today, so Everton should be able to get Atletico Madrid defender Johnny Heitinga and Valencia midfielder Ever Banega, should they so wish.